"I Dream of Jamie" Richard Royce (c)2015 Acrylic on Canvas
Poem "Self Portrait of the Artist as a Young Eternal Being" Richard Royce (c)2006
Flood of exquisite emotional
ecstasy,
trying to capture
the statement of God
Perfect relationship
angle to angle
of shadow to light
of intensity's calm
Of shades of the iris
the bright sunny yellow
the tiny crows looming
on rows of the corn
The absolute silence
the slippery surface
the realization
that I too am God
I recognize that
God also is troubled;
a perfect reflection point
holograph I
Trapped in a corner
a victim is checkmate
a convincing posture
to pull off a win
One uses the power
of intimidation
in vanquished confusion
the mistakes are made
Have used a position
to harm and forgotten
the reach I, that I cut
hid in cloak of the arts
A perfect impression
for further encounter
retained as a lesson
of crash to the wall
Impacting continues
in the same location
until every nuance
in fullness is learned
Magical smoke
of manifestation
I create my future
as I go along
My thoughts become good
or maybe not so good
I can or I can't
are decidedly true
A butterfly changes
the weather in China
as I change the future
by changing my mind
My small thought is part of
the manifestation
that makes up
the everything if God is all